San Francisco Has Never Been More Pathetic—or More Powerful
Vilified by Both Conservatives and Progressives, This Poor Little Rich City’s Problems Are Now National News
Dear San Francisco,
My heart breaks for you.
My eyes cry tsunamis when I think of you.
But I must stop weeping now, so I can summon the strength to offer my condolences.
On behalf of my fellow Californians, please accept our thoughts and prayers on your city’s crisis. Depending on which media you read, you are now in collapse, having become a “hell hole,” a “failure,” and a “Third World” city. The Washington Post recently declared you dead (headline: “How San Francisco Broke America’s Heart”), and even the hometown San Francisco …
